5 Facts - 1 Martin Luther was the first person to translate and publish the Bible in the commonly-spoken dialect of the German peole 2 Luther had powerful friends among the princes of Germany 3 On Halloween of 1517, Luther changed the course of human history when he nailed his 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg 4 His translation of the Bible also helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation 5 Luther's work contains a number of statements that modern readers would consider rather crude
Luther was a promising law student until 1505, when he underwent a religious conversion after being struck by lightning
Martin Luther
Martin Luther - Martin Luther escaped martyrdom, and died of natural causes
5 Facts - 1 Martin Luther was the first person to translate and publish the Bible in the commonly-spoken dialect of the German peole
2 Luther had powerful friends among the princes of Germany
3 On Halloween of 1517, Luther changed the course of human history when he nailed his 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg
4 His translation of the Bible also helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation
5 Luther's work contains a number of statements that modern readers would consider rather crude